Draft-gear.



No. 714,059. Patent'ed Nov. I8, |902.

C. F. STREET.

DRAFT GEAR(- (Applicaton. filed Dec. 2, 1901.1

(No Model.)

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CLEIWIENT F. STREET, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DAYTON MAL- LEABLE IRON COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

DRAFT-G EAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,059, dated November 18, 1902 Application iiled December 2,1901. Serial No. 84,476. (No model.)

To @ZZ wiz/m, it may concern.:

Be it known that I, CLEMENT F. STREET, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft- Gear, (Oase No. 2,) of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide an arrangement of draft-gear contemplating in its preferred construction the elimination of the usual draft-sills, and in carrying out my invention I provide sill-plates and additional flanges bearing against the ends of the center sills, whereby the bufting strains are transmitted directly to the ends of said sills. -These sill-plates are also provid ed with recesses for the reception of stop-bars, and the stop-bars are constructed not only to receive the customary buffing and pulling strains, but also to bind the sills together.

My invention is illustrated in preferred form in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view, partly in section, of a portion of the framework of a car having my improvement applied thereto. `Fig. 2 is a view, partly in vertical section, of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of my improved sill-plate shown in elevation. Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 1, the spring being removed; and Fig. is a perspective view of my improved stop-bar.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. l, 2, and 4, it will be seen that in the practice of my invention I secure to the two center sills 8 a couple of sill-plates 9, formed with recesses and bearings for the stop-bars 10. The spring plates or followers 11 are provided with rectangular openings through which the stop-bars are passed and are also provided with bosses which carry the springs 12. The Stop-bars are preferably hollow and are reduced in vertical dimension on their outward ends to pass beneath the center sills and sill-plates. Each outward end is also provided with an upwardly-extending flange 13, forming hooks which bear against the sillplates and center sills and prevent any tendency thereof to spread apart. At 14 I have indicated the shank of a coupler, and at l5 the yoke thereof.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 and 3, it will be seen that the sill-plate 9 is provided with recesses 2O for the stop-bars l0 and also with anges or bearings 2l to support the stop-bars in the direction in which the greatest strains are applied. The sillplates are secured to the center sills bymeans of horizontal bolts 23 and vertical bolts 24 and 26. The vertical bolts pass through the flanges 25 of the sill-plates, and the bolts 26, in addition to this, pass through and carry the stop-bars. (See Fig. 4.) Flanges 27 are also provided on the sill-plates, which ianges bear directly on the outward ends of the center sills and transmit bufling strains from the stop-bars directly to the ends of said center sills. The sill-plates are also provided with upwardly extending brackets 16 to bear against the inside of the end sill and with brackets or prolongations 18, extending outwardly under the end sill, the latter being secured to the end sill by the vertical bolts 19.

In the preferred construction the hooks on the ends of the stop-bars are made to engage the sill-plates and extend up beyond them to engage the sills also; but, if desired, the same object can be attained by making the hooks only long enough to engage the sill-plates, as said sill-plates are secured firmly to the sills by bolts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A stop-bar for draft-gear provided with upturned flanges or hooks on its outer ends to engage the sills and prevent the same from spreading.

2. A stop-bar for draft-gear having extensions under the car-sill and having shoulders y and anges to engage both sides of the sills and restrain the same from lateral play, substantially as described.

3. In a draft-gear for cars, a stop-bar, the ends of which are provided with flanges adapted to engage the outer sides of sills, and shoulders adapted to engage the inner sides thereof, whereby said sills are held against undue lateral movement, substantially as described.

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4. In a draft-gear for oars, a stop-bar, lthe ends of which are provided with anges adapted to engage sill-plates, whereby said sillplates are held against undue lateral movement, the ends of the bar extending under the plates, substantially as described.

5. In a draft-gear the combination of a coupler, sill-plates, and a stop-bar provided with flanges or hooks adapted to engage said sill-plates and hold them against undue lateral movement, the ends of the bar extending under the plates, substantially as described.

6. In a draft-gear the combination of a coupler, a follower, sill-plates, and a stop-bar provided with flanges arranged to engage said sill-plates and hold them against undue CLEMENT F. STREET.

In presence ot` J. SPRIGG MoMAHoN, R. B. BETTER. 

